Explain the words and phrases in bold as in the example.

Sport (or sports) is all forms of usually competitive physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing entertainment to participants, and in some cases, spectators.

Read the texts; make some necessary notes to talk about sport and health of Great Britain and Kazakhstan.

Read the dialogue. In pairs, use your names to act out similar dialogues.

Sport and healthy way of life

· What does it mean to you to be healthy?

· 1 think to be healthy means that every organ works well. I don't think being healthy means being beautiful or muscular.

· Is it important to be healthy?

· Yes, it is. Ifyou are healthy, you are happy, you can work and rest well. Sick people usually have bad characters, they are never pleased or satisfied. They are not easy to deal with.

· What can you do to be healthy?

· I could give up bad habits (smoking, drinking alcohol, eating at night, eating fat food), if I had them. I should exercise, go on a diet and watch my weight.

· Is going in for sport important for being healthy?

· Yes, it is. Exercise makes us strong and healthy, because our muscles work well and get enough food.

· Why are people so much concerned about vitamins?
The word «vitamin» comes from the Latin word «life». There are vitamins that men and animals do not produce in their bodies and must take. People can take vitamins in pills and from fruit and vegetables. If people do not take vitamins with fruit or in pills, they can die.

· What can smoking cause?

· Smoking can cause cancer and other lung problems. Your teeth become yellow, if you smoke. People who do not smoke, but are close to a smoker, breathe in smoke and can ruin their health, too. So, smoking is bad not only for the smokers, but also for the non-smokers who are around.

· Can pills and creams help you be healthy?

· Now there are a lot of adverts on TV and in newspapers which offer us pills and creams for losing weight, skin-lifting and other problems. Some creams and pills can help, if you take them under a doctor's control, for example, vitamins. But the problem is most of them help you look healthy, not be healthy and can cause bad problems.

· What sports do you go in for?-I go in for swimming.

· Are you good at sport?

· I am not good at sport. You know, I do not want to go in for professional sport because it requires much time and energy. But I can swim or play such games as basketball, badminton, beach volleyball or table tennis. It is pleasant especially in summer. We go to the lake and make races.

· What unusual sports do you know?

· Parachuting, mountaineering, windsurfing, yachting.

· What Russian national sports do you know?

· Lapta, fisticuffs.

· What sports are the most popular among the teenagers in Britain and the USA?

· They are cycling, football, tennis (in Britain) and baseball and cycling (in the USA). But at school British children play cricket and football.

· What outstanding sportsmen and sportswomen do you know?

· Britain: Charleton (football), Hill (car-pilot). The USA: Michael Tyson (box), Charles Louis (athletics, runner) Russia: Svetlana Khorkina (gymnastics), Alexander Popov (swimmer), Rodnina and Zaitsev (figure skating).

· What winter sports do you know?

· Skiing, skating, ice hockey, biathlon.

· What water sports do you know?

· Swimming, windsurfing, yachting, diving, sailing.

· Do you enjoy watching sports events?

· I enjoy watching some events. I like the contests of figure-skaters and divers.

· When did you last visit a stadium?

· It was in 1999. It was a football match.

· What was the score?

· During the first time the home team Zenit scored three goals, but in the second time the visitors scored three goals as well. So you see, it was a drawn game. The referee set the additional time. During it the visitors scored one more goal and the score became 4 to 3 to Spartak.

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